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spontaneous symmetry breaking

physical phenomenon in which the vacuum expectation value of a field is not invariant under a symmetry of the action, so that a symmetry present at high temperatures is broken at low temperatures
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spontaneous symmetry breaking

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spontaneous symmetry breaking has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • spontaneous symmetry breaking is a type of symmetry breaking[2].
  • spontaneous symmetry breaking's Commons category is recorded as Spontaneous symmetry breaking[3].
  • spontaneous symmetry breaking's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Spontaneous symmetry breaking[4].
  • spontaneous symmetry breaking's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[5].

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Definition and Type

spontaneous symmetry breaking is a type of symmetry breaking[2].

Why It Matters

spontaneous symmetry breaking has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 4248124
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